Quotes About Startle

When we heard those shots and he saw Ploeg lying in front of the house, what he said was, 'My God, the lizards!'" With wide-eyed disbelief Anton looked out over her head.

Um, it's kind of a surprise.

I feel there is an angel in me' she'd say 'whom I am constantly shocking

He let go of the poker and scrambled away.

This feeling is not unlike the sinking in one's stomach when one is in an elevator that suddenly goes down, or when you are snug in your bed and your closet door suddenly creaks open to reveal the person who has been hiding there.

in front of my condo when I pulled in. He was in a

When I was younger, I actually had a ghost face mask, and I stood in my sister's room in the corner for, like, half an hour until she saw in the reflection, me behind her, and she freaked out and started slapping me.

A good horror movie - it doesn't matter how many comedy horror films there have been before. Doesn't matter how much you think it's going to be funny. A good horror movie will scare the hell out of you... the moment you sit down and you start being exposed to that story, it's going to freeze your blood.

Wishing to make an effective entrance, he flung it wide open, when a heavy jug of water fell right down on him, wetting him to the skin, and just missing his left shoulder by a couple of inches. At the same moment he heard stifled shrieks of laughter proceeding from the four-post bed.

The general effect was rather as if I had swallowed six-pennorth of dynamite and somebody touched it off inside me.

Just when I thought my day couldnt get any worse, I saw the dead guy next to my locker.

Good God, Clarence! You look like a bereaved tapeworm.

A hoarse shout from within and a small china ornament whizzing past my head informed me that my old friend was at home.

i gave a start as if goosed from behind

Oh, McBride, it's just you." Nate heard Julian say. "I saw a flash of white and thought you were the bride.

Should I wake him? Damned if I'd try. Even with that shoulder he's likely to come up out of that bed with murder in mind if we startle him. There were times when he was fevered that I thought he'd throttle me. For a man who likes children and animals, he's got a lot of violence in him. I daresay he has his reasons.

Suddenly a scream froze her in her tracks. It

No vaya a ser que la sorpresa arranque de su corazón el espíritu animal de la vida y termine con él. Pues las alegrías repentinas, como las penas, confunden al principio

Ow! My eye! I didn't know where my hand was going. I thought it wanted to rest behind my head but it wanted to poke me in the eye!

It's me," the old man hollered, his voice shrill and cracking. The suddenness of it caused Walter to pull his hand back involuntarily. "Me! It's me! It's me! It's me!

beat down the door, and then amid the shrieks and prayers of the affrighted nuns

There is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.

The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn't have time to react

Dios mío!, exclamó Mamá Mumin con un sobresalto. Estoy segura de que acabo de ver un par de ratas entrar en la cava. ¡Snif, llévales un platito de leche!